Chapter VIII (3)

1919. Nov. 7. Michael Dvorsky's tone poem, "Haunted Castle," given
by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1919. Nov. 13. Vitaslev Novak's symphonic poem, "In the Tatra
Mountains" (Op. 26), given by the Philharmonic Society, New York
City; also B. Roger's dirge, "To the Fallen."

1919. Nov. 13. Vincent d'Indy's Third Symphony; also Duparc's "Aux
Etoiles," Debussy's "Berceuse Héroique," and J. Turina's "La
Procession del Racio," given by the Symphony Society, New York
City.

1919. Nov. 16. C. T. Griffes's "Poem, for flute and orchestra,"
produced by the Symphony Society, New York City, with G. Barrère
as soloist.

1919. Nov. 18. Montemezzi's opera "La Nave" presented by the
Chicago Opera Association, with Rosa Raisa, Lazzari, Dolci, and
Rimini. The composer conducting.

1919. Nov. 19. E. DeLamarter's suite from "The Betrothed"
(Maeterlinck) produced at the Schubert Theatre, New York City,
Theodore Spiering conducting.

1919. Nov. 21. Dvo[vr]ák's Third Symphony given by the
Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1919. Nov. 28. Griffes's symphonic poem "The Pleasure-Dome of
Kubla Khan" produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, P.
Monteux conducting.

1919. Nov. 29. Percy Grainger's children's march, "Over the Hills
and Far Away," given by the New York Symphony Society, with the
composer at the Pianoforte. (First performance of the version
for orchestra.)

1919. Nov. 29. American début of Benno Moisevitch, Russian
pianist, in a recital at Carnegie Hall, New York City.

1919. Dec. 5. Albert Chiaffarelli's "Prelude to a Merry Play"
produced (from MS.) by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1919. Dec. 10. American début of Madame Besanzoni, mezzo soprano,
as _Delila_, at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1919. Dec. 11. Prokofieff's "Classical Symphony" produced by the
Russian Symphony Orchestra (from MS.) at Carnegie Hall, New York
City.

1919. Dec. 19. C. T. Griffes's "Notturno," "The White Peacock,"
"Clouds," and "Bacchanale" produced by the Philadelphia Symphony
Orchestra. (N. B. "The White Peacock" had already been given at
the Rivoli Theatre in June.)

1919. Dec. 19. Sylvio Lazzari's symphonic picture, "Impressions of
Night," given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1919. Dec. 23. John Alden Carpenter's ballet, "The Birthday of the
Infanta," produced by the Chicago Opera Association.

1919. Dec. 27. Albert Wolff's opera "The Blue Bird" (Maeterlinck)
presented at the Metropolitan Opera House. New York City,
conducted by the composer. (Maeterlinck also present.)

1919. Dec. 28. American début of Madame Wurmser-Delcourt, harpist,
at a concert of the Symphony Society, New York City. (She
played, for the first time in America, the harp chromatique.)

1920. Jan. 2. Reginald de Koven's opera "Rip van Winkle" produced
by the Chicago Opera Association, with E. Herbert, E. Darch,
Baklanov, Dufranne, Cotreuil and Huberdeau. A. Smallens
conducting.

1920. Jan. 2. Debussy's dance poem "Jeux" given by the Boston
Symphony Orchestra.

1920. Jan. 2. Fibich's overture to the merry play, "A Night at
Karluv-Tyn," given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1920. Jan. 5. Ravel's opera "L'Heure Espagnol" presented by the
Chicago Opera Association with Y. Gall, D. Defrère, Maguenat,
Cotreuil and Warnery. Hasselmans conducting.

1920. Jan. 17. Leoncavallo's opera "Zaza" presented at the
Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Farrar, K. Howard,
Crimi and Amato.

1920. Jan. 19. André Messager's opera "Madame Chrysanthème"
presented by the Chicago Opera Association with Miura, Fontaine,
Dufranne and Warnery. Hasselmans conducting.

1920. Jan. 21. American début of Carlos Valderranea, Peruvian
pianist, in a program of Inca music, at Carnegie Hall, New York
City.

1920. Jan. 23. Kalinnikov's symphonic poem, "The Fir Tree and the
Palm," given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1920. Jan. 30. F. Converse's Symphony in C minor given by the
Boston Symphony Orchestra, P. Monteux conducting.

1920. Jan. 31. Arthur Hadley's opera in two acts, "Cleopatra's
Night," produced at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City,
with Frances Alda, Jeanne Gordon, Marie Tiffany, Orville Harold,
V. Reschiglian, M. Picco and L. d'Angelo. Gennaro Papi
conducting.

1920. Feb. 1. Louis Aubert's "Habañera" given by the New York
Symphony Society at Aeolian Hall, New York City.

1920. Feb. 6. Hugo Riesenfeld's "Overture in Romantic Style"
produced by the Philharmonic Society, New York City, conducted
by the composer.

1920. Feb. 6. Rachmaninov's third symphony, "The Bells," for
soprano, tenor, bass and chorus, with orchestra, given by the
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra with Florence Hinkle, Arthur
Hackett, F. Patten, and a chorus trained by Stephen Townsend.

1920. Feb. 13. Elgar's variations, "Enigma," given by the
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1920. Mar. 3. American début of Sascha Culbertson, violinist, at
Carnegie Hall, New York City.

1920. Mar. 5. Leo Sowerby's Pianoforte Concerto in F major given
by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with the composer as soloist.
(N. B. As originally arranged, for voice and orchestra, it was
given at a concert at Orchestra Hall, Jan. 18, 1917.)

1920. Mar. 19. A. Brune's symphonic poem, "A Fairy Tale," produced
by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1920. April 2. Eric De Lamarter's Concerto in E major for organ,
produced by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with the composer as
soloist.

1920. April 16. Debussy's "Fantasy" for pianoforte and orchestra
given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with Alfred Cortot as
soloist.

1920. May 25. Felix Borowski's poème "Le Printemps Passionné"
produced at the North Shore Festival, Evanston, Ill., conducted
by the composer.

1920. Aug. 23. Charles Wakefield Cadman's Indian music-drama, "The
Sunset Trail," produced by the California Theatre Ensemble at
San Diego, Cal., under Dr. H. J. Stewart.

1920. Oct. 3. American début of Michel Piastro, Russian violinist,
at Carnegie Hall, New York City.

1920. Oct. Production of Mortimer Wilson's overture "New Orleans"
at the Rialto Theatre, New York City, conducted by the composer.
(This work won a prize of $500 offered by Hugo Riesenfeld.)

1920. Oct. 16. American début of Josef Stopak, violinist, in a
recital at Carnegie Hall, New York City.

1920. Oct. 22. G. Ropartz's "Divertissement" for orchestra given
by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. P. Monteux conducting.

1920. Oct. 22. E. Goossens's "By the Tarn," for string orchestra
and clarinet, given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1920. Oct. 25. American début of Michel Gusikov, Russian
violinist, in a recital at Carnegie Hall, New York City.

1920. Oct. 29. A. Bax's "The Garden of Fand" produced by the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra. F. Stock conducting.

1920. Oct. 29. E. B. Hill's poem for orchestra, "The Fall of the
House of Usher," produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. P.
Monteux conducting.

1920. Nov. 2. American début of Duci Karekjarto, Jugo-Slavian
violinist, in a recital at Carnegie Hall, New York City.

1920. Nov. 5. American début of Cyril Scott, English composer and
pianist, in a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra. He played
his "Concerto in C," and conducted his "Two Passacaglias."

1920. Nov. 5. Sabata's symphonic poem "Juventus" given by the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1920. Nov. 5. First performance of the orchestral version of
Ernest Bloch's "Suite for Viola and Orchestra" (or pianoforte)
given by the National Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, New
York City, with Mr. Bailly as soloist. (This work was produced,
with piano, at the Berkshire Festival of Chamber Music,
Pittsfield, Mass., on Sept. 25, 1919.)

1920. Nov. 12. Gustav Strube's "Four Preludes for Orchestra"
produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1920. Nov. 17. Première of Marinuzzi's opera "Jacquerie" by the
Chicago Opera Association, with Yvonne Gall, Olga Carrara, L.
Olivieri, Desiré Defrère, Vitto Trevisan, A. Paillard, S. Civai
and T. Dentale. Conducted by the composer.

1920. Nov. 19. Albert Dupuis's symphonic fragments "Jean Michel"
given by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

1920. Nov. 21. J. Albeniz's rhapsody "A Night in Seville" given by
the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

1920. Nov. 21. American début of the Hungarian pianist,
Nyredghasi, in Chaikovsky's pianoforte concerto in B flat, with
the National Symphony Orchestra, at the Lexington Theatre, New
York City.

1920. Nov. 22. American début of Vasa Prihoda, Czecho-Slovak
violinist, in a recital at Carnegie Hall, New York City.

1920. Nov. 26. Alfvén's Second Symphony given by the Philharmonic
Society, New York City.

1920. Nov. 23. J. A. Carpenter's "A Pilgrim Vision," written to
celebrate the tercentenary of the landing of the "Mayflower"
Pilgrims, produced by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1920. Nov. 29. American début of Daisy Kennedy (Mrs. Benno
Moisevitch), Australian violinist, at Aeolian Hall, New York
City.

1920. Dec. 2. Riccardo Pick-Mangialli's symphonic comedy "Il
Carillon Magico" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New
York City.

1920. Dec. 5. First concert of the newly organized Civic Music
Students' Orchestra, in Orchestral Hall, Chicago, Ill.

1920. Dec. 5. Alfredo Casella's "The Venetian Convent" given by
the New York Symphony Orchestra, at the Academy of Music, New
York City.

1920. Dec. 12. Edward F. Kurtz's march "Victory" given at a
popular concert by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

1920. Dec. 13. Leoncavallo's posthumous opera "Edipo Rè" produced
by the Chicago Opera Association, with Titta Ruffo and Dorothy
Francis in the leading parts. Marinuzzi conducting.

1920. Dec. 14. Samuel Gardner's Violin Concerto produced by the
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Providence, R. I., with the
composer as soloist.

1920. Dec. 23. Revival of Verdi's opera "Don Carlos" at the
Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Rosa Ponselle,
Matzenauer, Martinelli, de Luca, and Didur.

1920. Dec. 23. G. Francesco Malipiéro's "Impressioni dal Vero."